Nearly all mankind is more or less unhappy because nearly all do not know the true Self. Real happiness abides in Self-knowledge alone. All else is fleeting. To know one’s Self is to be blissful always.
RAMANA MAHARSHIPeace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.
More Ramana Maharshi Quotes
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All are seeing God always. But they do not know it.
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See who is the doubter, who is the thinker. It is the ego. Hold it; the other thoughts will die away – the ego will be left pure. See the source from where the ego arises and abide in it. That is pure consciousness.
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Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?
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Love is verily the heart of all religions.
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See who is the subject; and this inquiry leads you to pure Consciousness beyond the subject.
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If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
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The seat of Realization is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart.
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Grace is not something outside or you.. In fact, your very desire for grace is due to grace that is already working in you.
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The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move but the world moves in it. You are only what you are.
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Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?
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Realisation is our nature. It is nothing new to be gained. What is new cannot be eternal. Therefore there is no need for doubting if one would lose or gain the Self.
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The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.
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You may go on reading any number of books on Meditation. They can only tell you ‘Realize the Self’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself.
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It is said that the heart is in the microcosm just as the orb of the sun in the macrocosm. The mind in Sahasrara is like the disc of the moon.
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The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.
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